Yellow Jacket Season
According to Howard Russel, Michigan State University Diagnostic Services, late summer is the time when problems with yellow jackets peak. Late summer is when they rear next year’s queens so they tend to be less tolerant towards those of us that venture too close. Also, queen rearing requires sugars and not protein (insects they fed on earlier in the year) so they tend to be closer to us with our fruit and soft drinks during this time of year.
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